| Acronym | Meaning |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS) |
| DCS | Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites) |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| ERS | ESA Remote Sensing Satellite |
| TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS) |
| HRIR | High Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| HZ | Hertz |